Significant Earthquakes of 1999

• January 25, 1999, Armenia, Calarca, Pereira, Caldas, Huila, ColombiaM6.2 · 1,185 deaths · $1.9 billion
• February 1, 1999, Makhachkala, Dagestan, RussiaM3.2 · $900,000
• February 2, 1999, Mula, Puebla DE Mula, SpainM4.8 · $44 million
• February 11, 1999, Lowgar, Vardak, Kabul, AfghanistanM6 · 70 deaths · 7,000 houses destroyed
• March 4, 1999, Kerman, Southern, IranM6.6 · 1 death
• March 11, 1999, Zhangbei County, NE, ChinaM5.1 · 200 houses destroyed
• March 28, 1999, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, IndiaM6.6 · 100 deaths · 21,100 houses destroyed
• April 3, 1999, Camana, Arequipa, PeruM6.8 · 1 death
• May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, IranM6.2 · 26 deaths · 800 houses destroyed
• June 4, 1999, Agdas, Ucar, Agali, AzerbaijanM5.4 · 1 death · $5 million
• June 15, 1999, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, MexicoM7 · 20 deaths · $226.8 million
• June 21, 1999, Cuitzeo, Coahuayutla, Michoacan, Guerrero, MexicoM6.3
• July 11, 1999, W, Izabal-Puerto Barrios, Honduras, GuatemalaM6.7 · 2 deaths · 7 houses destroyed
• July 22, 1999, Maheshkhali Island, Cox'S Bazaar, BangladeshM4.2 · 6 deaths · 700 houses destroyed
• August 17, 1999, Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, TurkeyM7.6 · 17,118 deaths · $20 billion · tsunami
• August 31, 1999, Izmit, TurkeyM5.2 · 1 death
• September 7, 1999, Athens, GreeceM6 · 143 deaths · $4.2 billion · 53,000 houses destroyed
• September 13, 1999, Adapazari-Goluck-Kocaeli, TurkeyM5.8 · 7 deaths
• September 20, 1999, Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong, TaiwanM7.6 · 2,297 deaths · $14 billion
• September 25, 1999, Central, TaiwanM6.5 · Deaths: few
• September 30, 1999, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.5 · 35 deaths · $164.8 million
• October 16, 1999, Ludlow, Landers, Twentynine Palms, California, United StatesM7.2
• October 22, 1999, Chia-I, TaiwanM5.9 · 1 death · $786,000 · 15 houses destroyed
• October 31, 1999, Chuschi, Cangallo, Huancapi, PeruM4.4 · 210 houses destroyed
• November 1, 1999, Northeastern, Shanxi, ChinaM5.3 · $44 million · 6,000 houses destroyed
• November 11, 1999, Adapazari, Koceali, Golcuk, TurkeyM5.7 · 2 deaths
• November 12, 1999, Bolu-Duzce-Kaynasli, Adapazari, Zonguldak, TurkeyM7.2 · 894 deaths · $1 billion
• November 24, 1999, Chengjiang, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.6 · 1 death · 90 houses destroyed
• November 26, 1999, Pentecost, Vanuatu IslandsM7.5 · 10 deaths · tsunami
• November 26, 1999, Gorgan, IranM5.3
• November 29, 1999, Sanjianfang, Northeastern, ChinaM5 · 160 houses destroyed
• December 3, 1999, Goresken, Erzurum Province, TurkeyM5.7 · 1 death
• December 11, 1999, Manila, Santa Cruz, S Luzon, PhilippinesM7.3 · 5 deaths · $1.8 million
• December 21, 1999, Pandeglang, W Jawa, SE Sumatera, IndonesiaM6.5 · 5 deaths · $3.9 million
• December 22, 1999, Ain Temouchent, Northern, AlgeriaM5.6 · 24 deaths · $60.9 million · 3,000 houses destroyed

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.